Duplin County is located in eastern North Carolina and is known for its rich agricultural industry. The county seat is Kenansville, which serves as the political hub of the county. The Duplin County Board of Commissioners holds a majority of the political power within the county, making decisions on a wide range of issues including appropriations, budgets, land use, and public safety. As far as local politics go, there are several elected positions at both the state and local level that have an impact on Duplin County. Local officials include Sheriff Blake Wallace and District Attorney Ernie Lee, who are both elected by popular vote every 4 years. In addition to these officials there are also a number of representatives in both the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives who hail from Duplin County. In conclusion, politics play an important role in shaping the future of Duplin County and it's residents.
The political climate in Duplin County, NC is moderately conservative.
In Duplin County, NC 38.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Duplin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.6%.
Duplin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Duplin County, NC is moderately conservative.
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North Carolina is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Duplin, North Carolina: r R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Duplin County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 248 contributions totaling $23,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $109,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $530 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)